May your home rise up to meet you
Earlier this week, I shared that Matt and I have different ideas and tastes when it comes to bathroom design, you can read all about that delightful marital issue here. After many, many discussions through gritted teeth, we came to the conclusion that our downstairs bathroom needs to be in-keeping with the heritage part of […]
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In the past few weeks, I have had several people ask how I am managing a newborn baby and a house renovation. And due to a whole lot of good fortune, I am happy to report that it has been relatively stress-free. Firstly, we aren’t living in the house while building it, we are […]
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Throughout the whole process of designing our home, we always consider the effect our decisions will have on the re-sale value. Reason being, we think we will outgrow this house within 5-7 years (hopefully if more babies come along). We therefore look at our renovation as an investment, not just as our home. We’ve had […]
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In my experience, the secret to a home going from ‘good’ to ‘reality show judge approved’ is the presence of at least one unique, authentic, feature piece of decoration or furniture to draw attention. So, where to find these vintage gems without having to ‘Mike Wolff’ it through the dirty and rusty barns of strangers? […]
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It was a regular Sunday afternoon, as Matt and I drove to our friends’ house for a BBQ. Little did we know, it was one of our favourite days of the year – COUNCIL CLEAN UP!! Unfortunately for Matt, he was driving. Sucker. So I was the one who got to look out the window […]
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Things are moving again! After a few weeks off over January, our builder is back on the job! In one of my recent posts, I shared that the first floor structure had been completed before Christmas. Now, the second floor structure is on its way! As you can see, the stud walls are up, which […]
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We were very excited to receive TWO special deliveries last week – one came in the form of a gorgeous baby boy called Jack! He is such a darling and we are loving being his mum and dad:) Victory! I finished all the milk! The other came in the form of windows and bi-fold […]
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We’ve just arrived back from a trip to the USA, and boy is it nice to be home! There’s really no place like it. But does anyone else notice that after you’ve been away for a period of time, you arrive home and see things differently? It seems that when I live in my house […]
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Well, I think I have officially lost the first gene-pool battle. This baby is now 4 days late… clearly taking after its father in punctuality. But on the upside, it gives me some spare time to fill you in on our renovation! The last few weeks have seen the builders finish the side brick wall […]
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Merry Christmas everyone! Thank you for following Darling Street and all my renovation and DIY projects this year. I have loved growing the blog and reaching new readers, and I hope to have many more adventures to share with you in 2015! As I sit and write this blog post, I am 3 days […]
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